December 2009

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Check out photos of potential car-share pals

Photo upload feature on car sharing website A PHOTO upload facility is being added to the online car-share service operated by Peterborough City Council’s Travelchoice team to help people select potential travel partners. The Peterborough…




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Are you a desk buddy or a neighbour from hell?

Office life is stressful enough without the annoyances of your colleagues’ quirky habits OFFICE workers spend a whopping 1332 hours a year sat at their desks and the strain with their desk neighbours is beginning…


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Posh get a grip in Subaru

CONDERS Subaru has loaned Peterborough United a brand new Legacy diesel for use by club officials. And the arrival of the all-wheel-drive estate couldn’t have been better timed, what with the recent wintery weather in…


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Recession over. Happy Christmas

TENTATIVE UK RECOVERY TO SLOWLY GATHER PACE OVER NEXT TWO YEARS – CBI THE UK economy is expected to exit the recession in the fourth quarter of 2009, but thereafter growth will remain subdued and…


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Top five polls of the year

EVERY week the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development (CIPD) conducts a poll on its website asking members a topical question, attracting an average of 1000 responses. These are the top five poll results of…


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Avoid those festive punch-ups

(and inappropriate use of the photocopier) Fighting and threatening behaviour top list of reasons for discipline or dismissal following staff Christmas party ONE in ten workers know of someone from their organisation who has either…


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Peterborough salaries fall by 3.6%

AVERAGE salaries across the city have fallen by 3.6 percent, according to a recent survey, with some job categories suffering a drop in average wages of more than 10 per cent. Warehouse and store staff…